Reed Flute Cave

What is the Reed Flute Cave?

180 million years in the making and deriving its name from the reed growing at its entrance is a magnificent formation - The Reed Flute Cave. According to local legend it has been known to provide musical instruments and pens to visitors for generations. A feast for your senses, the Reed Flute Cave is equipped with lights and sound arrangements to enhance the experience of being inspired from stalactites and stalagmites drip stones limestone stone pillars and the largest cave within the area it makes a visit here paramount on every Guilin tours list.

Get ready to be drawn into a world of mystic stories and folklore with the inscriptions, occurrences and breathtaking paintings bestowed upon the walls of the The Reed Flute Cave from the Tang Dynasty giving you an insight into the rich Chinese culture. Located 8 kilometres from Guilin, The Reed Flute Cave is 792 feet deep and 280 metres long with an incredible walk through offering sights like the crystal palace of the dragon king, sky scraper twins, pines of the snow, mushroom hill, red curtain, dragon pagoda, and virgin forest. Guilin travel is incomplete without visiting The Reed Flute Cave, which gives you an impression that the creator himself was let loose with a vivid paintbrush and a clean canvas to draw upon.

The Reed Flute Cave is a mix of glistening stones, perfectly cut rocks and the most exclusive stone formations complimented with colourful lights to portray a vibrant rainbow prevalent in a cave. The best time to view this astonishing nature’s creation would be the sunrise or the sunset according to the our Guilin tours itinerary list. The Reed Flute Cave has been preserved to its best thus not allowing any photographs being taken inside; although the pictures can be clicked at certain locations by paying a modest fee to the operators. So get ready for a Guilin travel experience that would compel you to follow nature’s artistic perfection!

Interested in visiting the Reed Flute Cave on a Tour?

Wendy Wei Tours offers a variety of different packaged tours as well as custom tours to the Reed Flute Cave, among other attractions and destinations. To find out more, please visit our Tours page or Contact Us directly to find out more.